Word details

空言

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 空言.

Dictionary

Entry

空言虚言らごとうげん (空言)むなことNounFreq #84009
1

falsehood; lie

Examples
真実と空言を区別するのは難しい。
It is hard to distinguish truth from a lie.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

8 strokesFrequency 304JLPT N4Grade 1

On

クウ

Kun

そらあ.くあ.きあ.けるからす.くす.かすむな.しい

Nanori

うつ

say, word

7 strokesFrequency 83JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ゲンゴン

Kun

い.うこと

Nanori

とき

void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

11 strokesFrequency 1,454JLPT N1Grade 8

On

キョ

Kun

むな.しいうつ.ろ

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